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Traces of virus in wastewater

22 December 2022

The detection of the covid virus in the wastewater of the main cities of Quebec shows a new increase at the end of November.

The main increases were observed in Montreal, Quebec City and Laval.

In the last week of November, indirectly detected cases appear to have doubled in Montreal, to 124,000 copies of virus genes per millilitre. This compares to an increase of 108,000 gene copies in July. 

More details are reported in the La Presse online article » [in French]